I came across an old roman city called Djamila, which is all ruins now. Why is it all ruins? Why did people abandon the city, why was it not taken care of? Why are there many ruins in rome, why haven't they been taken care of for the past couple thousand years? I know there are also very old places that are still fine, but why are some old places in such poor shape. What caused people to completley abandon or stop caring about them?
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